Group Members: Riley Baughman, Nick Passias, Bella DiPasquale, Kyle Owens, Muhammed Rabi, Haley Myers, Sean Redding
In our group we discussed how the size and location of classes affects the student to teacher relationship. In high school, classes were a lot smaller and it made it is easy to create a relationship with your teacher. Everyone knew everyone on a somewhat personal basis. This also improved grades and the grading process. This made the whole learning experience much more enjoyable and more beneficial. In big college lecture halls, you are lucky if your teacher even knows your name. In lecture halls people are much less involved and relationships are not built. Along with that, online classes create no connections and provide minimal help when help is needed. In a learning environment personal connections with classmates and teachers can improve your grade and make it an overall more enjoyable experience for both the teacher and student. It is very hard to achieve this in college lecture halls and online courses.
